Kenner police arrested a man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl and showing her pornography.

Alfred Love, 30, of the 900 block of Gretna Blvd., Gretna, was booked Friday (Aug. 24) with first-degree rape of a victim under the age of 13 and indecent behavior with a juvenile, said Lt. Michael Cunningham, spokesman for the Kenner Police Department.

Detectives began investigating in June after the mother of the victim, who is now 13, contacted authorities. The girl had only recently told her mother about the sexual abuse, which occurred in 2016, according to Cunningham.

Love, who was known to the girl's family, is accused of entering the girl's room at a Kenner home and inappropriately touching her. He then raped the girl, Cunningham said.

The girl also told investigators that Love had shown her pornography videos on his cell phone, police said. Love has denied the allegations against him, according to Cunningham.

Love was being held Thursday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna. Bond was set Wednesday at $520,000. Jefferson Parish Magistrate Commissioner Patricia Joyce also issued a protection order barring contact with the victim and her family for 18 months, according to court records.